Today begins a new direction for this blog. I didn't plan this, especially on the first day of the Indiana State Bar Association annual meeting. But after reading Isaiah 58 this morning, and considering my need to refocus attention towards a personal matter, I will let official matters play out without trying too hard. But I scheduled previously prepared posts to be published each week for the next few months. I may accelerate or slow that down. We'll see.
So let's dig in.
Mary Willis, in her capacity as Chief Administrative Officer of the Indiana Appellate and Supreme Court, appears to have committed fraud. She backdated an order! The proof is still available!
What did she do?
Backdated an order to September 7, 2017 that she created no earlier than September 19, 2017.
Where's the proof?
It is in the actual metadata of the file. If you want to review yourself, you can download from here, or if you don't trust me, go to the primary source https://mycase.in.gov
>>Enter 49S01-1709-SJ-00566 and Search
>>Now download Notice of Determination - Withdrawal of Judge Denied
Once you have one of the files, open the pdf in your favorite editor, and look at the properties. You should see something like this:
Notice the pdf was created "Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:58:08 AM." And note the official filing stamp on page 1.
How can you date stamp a file 12 or more days before you create it? The file is online in other cases. Every version has the same metadata and no filing was recorded prior to September 19th. I would guess Mary Willis has an explanation. I filed federal suit (we'll get there) on July 31, 2018, including the exact metadata image above, so she has had a few months to come up with a story.
What motive could she have had?
We'll dig into this more later. Maybe to protect Judge Heather Welch and/or Andy Hull?
Welch ignored clear Supreme Court directive and ruled on, and DENIED my TR 53.1 ("lazy judge") transfer. Her first denial happened on August 31st. So I sent a Motion to Correct the same day. She denied that one on September 12th. This earlier post digs into these details, but avoided Willis's fraud.
For Hull, my Motion for Leave to Amend Answer, detailed a few of Hull's more egregious professional conduct failings to that point. A transfer to a new judge might cause professional risk.
Why didn't you tell anyone?
Like who? The FBI? On May 4, 2018, I went the the FBI Chicago office and told them about a number of matters you will learn about here in the coming months, assuming I am able. This was one of them. Visiting the FBI is as intimidating as you would think. I was taken to an interview room with two younger, petite, professionally dressed women. Still intimidating. Maybe it was the bullet proof glass separating us, which I liked--no reason to needlessly risk the lives of our law enforcement. I still couldn't help thinking they could probably disable me without breaking a sweat in a few seconds. If you ever feel it is necessary to talk to the FBI regarding government corruption, know that there is no reason to be intimidated. Very professional and diligent about their job. And I haven't mysteriously disappeared. In fact, I have less fear for my family's safety having gone to them.
So has anything happened to Mary Willis?
Prior to assuming the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) role for both of Indiana's higher courts, she was a well regarded judge in Henry county. When she accepted this job, the commentary was glowing "a mover and shaker who seemed a natural choice." Which certainly makes what happened after, quite interesting. On April 19, 2018, the Indiana Supreme Court announced that Willis resigned. No reason, no well-wishes from other judges. Just gone. This lady was the gatekeeper of all matters before Indiana's higher courts.
I would guess she still has a pension from her years as a judge. On Indiana's Roll of Attorneys, she is still licensed in good standing with no disciplinary history.
Her listed address for her attorney license is her home. And it is a very nice home. 6,700 square feet of home on 28 acres with a private lake and some additional buildings.
The property record looks like Willis and her husband, Todd, bought it in 2013 for $400,001 from William Meyer who bought it, or maybe lost it, at a Sheriff sale for $400,000. According to LinkedIn, Mr. Willis was at Axia Technology Partners, LLC until hired in July 2018 as a technical consultant for Intelligent Fiber Network (previously Indiana Fiber), which is led by James Turner. Mr. Turner has been active in the utility industry, including a stint at Duke Energy through December of 2010. We'll dig into all this later.
For now we will leave it here, Mary Willis appears to have engaged in fraud in a professional capacity as an officer of the court. And the Willis's seem to be doing just fine.
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